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a(n) is the length of the longest palindromic subsequence in the first n terms of A293751.
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%I #26 Feb 24 2018 12:59:23

%S 1,1,3,3,5,5,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,8,8,9,11,11,12,14,16,18,20,22,24,26,26,26,

%T 26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,

%U 41,43,45,47,49,51,53,55,57,59,61,63,63,63,63,63,63,63,63

%N a(n) is the length of the longest palindromic subsequence in the first n terms of A293751.

%H V.J. Pohjola, <a href="/A293702/b293702.txt">Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..10000</a>

%H V.J. Pohjola, <a href="https://palindromesdotblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/lenpalsn-1-30-a293702.pdf">Line plot for n=1…30</a>

%H V.J. Pohjola, <a href="https://palindromesdotblog.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/lenpalsn-1-10000-293702.pdf">Line plot for n=1...10000</a>

%e For n = 1, Roots = 18, 21; First differences = 3; Longest palindrome = 3; a(n) = 1.

%e For n = 2, Roots = 18, 21, 40; First differences = 3, 19; Longest palindrome = 3; a(n) = 1.

%e For n = 3, Roots = 18, 21, 40, 43; First differences = 3, 19, 3; Longest palindrome = 3, 19, 3; a(n) = 3.

%e For n = 20, Roots = 18, 21, 40, 43, 62, 65, 84, 87, 90, 106, 109, 112, 128, 131,134, 150, 153, 156, 172, 175; First differences = 3, 19, 3, 19, 3, 19, 3, 3, 16, 3, 3, 16, 3, 3, 16, 3, 3, 16, 3, 3; Longest palindrome = 3, 3, 16, 3, 3, 16, 3, 3, 16, 3, 3, 16, 3, 3; a(n) = 14.

%t rootsn = Flatten[Position[Table[Floor[Tan[-i]], {i, 1, 10^4}], 1]];

%t difn = Differences[rootsn];

%t imax = 100; palsn = {}; lenpalsn = {0};

%t Do[diffin = difn[[1 ;; i]]; lendiffin = Length[diffin];

%t pmax = i - Last[lenpalsn];

%t t = Table[difn[[p ;; i]], {p, 1, pmax}];

%t sn = Flatten[Select[t, # == Reverse[#] &]];

%t If[sn == {},

%t AppendTo[palsn, Last[palsn]] && AppendTo[lenpalsn, Last[lenpalsn]],

%t AppendTo[palsn, sn] && AppendTo[lenpalsn, Length[Flatten[sn]]]], {i, 1, imax}];

%t Drop[lenpalsn, 1] (* a(n)=Drop[lenpalsn, 1][[n]] *)

%Y Cf. A293698, A293751, A293700, A293701, A293705, A293704, A293699, A293703, A293706.

%K nonn

%O 1,3

%A _V.J. Pohjola_, Oct 16 2017